How Rawlings’ strong and abstract transformational leadership paved way for modern day Ghana
The first American to translate Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy and one of the fireside poets- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in one of his writings ‘A Psalm of Life’ had this to say: “Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time”.
This quotation best describes the life and time of Flight lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, the former president of Ghana, who died November 12, 2020, at the age of 73 after a brief illness. J. J., as he was fondly called by the downtrodden of Ghana who have come to develop a great affinity for him, demonstrated uncommon characteristics and great leadership skills from his early days at Achimota school back in 1966. Born in Accra, Ghana on June 22, 1947 to a Ewe mother and a Scottish father, J.J. Rawlings from childhood developed a great interest in planes. His parents wante
The Christmas treeâs origins can be traced back to the 200 ADâs, when the early church father Tertullian wrote:
âYou are the light of the world, a tree ever green, if you have renounced the heathen temple.â
In the 5th to 8th centuries, Christian missionaries were sent from Ireland, Scotland, and England to evangelize the heathen hordes which had overrun Europe.
It was during this time that the courageous St. Boniface (680-755) evangelized the heathen Germanic tribes.
Boniface, also called Wynfred, left his home in Britain, near Crediton, Devonshire, and went as a missionary, sent by Pope Gregory II, to be Apostle of the Germans.